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EL1 Project: Transforming Energy
EL2 Project: Community Garden
Emerging Leaders Global Change Experience
2009 Spring Break in Washington DC
Monday, March 16
Steve McKindley-Ward, Horticulturist, Anacosta Watershed Society (Service Project)
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Albert H. Teich, Director, Science & Policy Programs, American Association for the Advancement of Science (Discussion)
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Cathleen Kelly, Director, Climate and Energy Program, The German Marshall Fund of the United States of America (Discussion)
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Alumni Reception and Dinner (Billy Peard '08, local organizer)
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Tuesday, March 17
Co-sponsored by the International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF), the Global Policy Network (GPN), and the Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
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Embassy of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (Discussion)
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Dr. Marissa Ahlering, Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Institution (Discussion)
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Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance, Kennedy Center (Performance)
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Monuments Tour
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Wednesday, March 18
Staff, Congressman Heath Shuler's Office (Discussion)
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Representative Heath Shuler, 11th (Discussion)
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Capitol Tour (Related links: The United States Capitol, US Capitol (National Register of Historic Places), Welcome to the US Capitol)
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An Update on the Science, Economics, and Geopolitics of Global Warming (Seminar)
Hosted by The Heritage Foundation
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Senator Richard Burr, R-NC (Visit on steps of Capitol)
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Terry Dinan & Susanne Mehlman, Congressional Budget Office (Seminar)
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Vernon Wall, Director of Educational Programs and Publications, College Student Educators International (Discussion)
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Climate Change, Movement Building, and You (Optional Seminar)
Hosted by Social Action and Leadership School for Activists of the Institute for Policy Studies
Thursday, March 19
Truman Foundation (Discussion - pending)
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Payne Elementary School (Service Project)
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Perrin Cooke, Legislative Aide, Senator Kay Hagan D-NC (Discussion)
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everyone eats - Alumni Dinner at the Washington Seminar Center
Friday, March 20
William A. Blakey, lobbyist, Work College Consortium (Discussion)